Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dan, I couldn't agree more. I have a Youxin IIIc that I bought on Ebay for abount $300. It was painted and CLAed. What a bargain! It currently has a 28 Summaron and black metal finder parked on it. It has brassed a little and looks wonderful. Putting these beat-up and broken cameras back into use is a terrific service to the Leica user's community. Ken Wilcox At 11:48 -0500 3/17/1, a fine scholar, Dan Post wrote: snip-- >I admire Youxin's efforts to take peeling, ugly, lone, forlorn IIIc bodies >that collectors would sneer at, and users would be afraid to buy- then >'breathe' new life into them for a reasonable price, and set them to work >again! I have a IIIc and a IIIf that I use all the time, and thought the >IIIf is a quieter, more smooth body, I get excellent results with the IIIc, >and I can take it places where "Angels" would fear to tread! I take it to >the mountains, to the beach, and sort of keep it around as a 'tote' camera, >usually with the Elmar 50 or the Jupiter 35! end of snip-- - ---- Ken Wilcox Carolyn's Personal Touch Portraits preferred---> <wilcox@tir.com> <kwilcox@gfn.org>